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Gj DaonKoll V nurrani uaocuau o tun tin < troom instead of the wearing diamonds in: results aren't found Journal. And the pic strikes, they're voting Baseball, you see, I And right now, this bi| evidently, the current The baseball busine attributed to a lack ( modity that propels sense. And though s lacking, the players ai shown the most irrati< LIKE A MERCEf executive director of ? has led his troops been fought. In his 16 years as un for the players, he benefits and a little b Miller won battles foi progress was quite ju is more of an obsessi< hanging on for every much more valuable < Miller has gone acknowledge it; in th< has turned to blindnes Part of the reason f dai(a^4? /1m npnvvia vii Browi By TRA< Spot Former USC as Brown was name< athletic director women's basketball ' Wintrhop College. Brown, who resig post January 10 aft women's basketball was pleased with c positions. "I'm very pleas* joining the Winthn Friday "1 think thei for me as a head c forward to taking the BROWN THF.N ' some of the factors l< use. "It was a very. Brown said of her probably the biggest my life and probab Carolina and the te very much." Brown said the ha her and Parsons cu the two-year period assistant. "There had alwa differences betweei Won The USC women successful season S AIAW national golf ( The season's fina young program, anc Golf Coach Bobby F "The main thing v be regarded as a le; first-year unit's de: that. We won't feel 1: 'I'M It RALLY 51 16th in the country fi Carolina carded University of Geor^ team field. Backed by Kobiri tournament's final ( oi ai leasi a it>in-pi? par on the back nin< to survive the cut. ?lM BAi Pin 1 contests are being play< ball park. Major leagi stead of playing on ther in box scores, but in TJ ivdpc Qron't thrnuiino r IJVIU ut VII V Ull VTTlll^ V ;on them. has become business ? g business has got big pr< major league baseball s! ss' present inefficiency s )f that unique and indis any successful enterprii ill parties in the basefc nd their leader ? Marvin :>nality. *iARY without a war, UIC lYlcIJv/i liCd^UC x lajv into a battle which nev< lion head, Miller has mac lping them obtain ma argaining power from th the players, and thus, t stifiable to a point, but n jn. Under his guidance, I cent, but in the process t commodity ? fan respec too far but the-playe eir eyes, he can do no wr< >s. or the players' blind fait Conflicts n Gets \ CYHELMS rH tdilor isisiani coacn Karen i Thursday assistant and head coach of and women's tennis at ned her bSC assistant ;er conflicts with head coach Pam Parsons, ibtaining the Winthrop L'd and excited about sum, Drown saiu e's a great opportunity oach there, and I look it type of position." i'OOK a look back at jading up to her leaving very tough decision," resignation. "It was decision I ever made in ly the hardest. 1 loved am I had worked with sic differences between ntinually built up over 1 in which she was an ivs been philosophical 1 Coach Parsons ant? sen's By TRACY IIKLMS Sporls Iditof 's golf team concluded Saturday with a lGth-pls hampionship. lo established a solid fo i more importantly ? ac oster ? it fulfilled a cove /e wanted when the seasi gitimate competitor," F sires. "And we definite ike the 'new kid on the bli APPY," Foster continu< r>r our first year and that a four-day total of jia's par-74 layout to pla i Abare's third-round 7<1 ut Friday, assuring the 1 ice finish. Abare streake i holes to give Carolina tl "Fr.nr rers And i k) in the courle players are * (i. The game's B he Wall Street i ?r swinging at 13 BIG business. 4* I )blems ? most ^ :rike. . Tru ;an be directly * ? pensable comse ? common fact that t >all strike are He is theii i Miller ? have led them ; baseball's Miller ? the IT'S ST ;rs Association practical < ;r should have suspensioi system of le great strides signed by ny legitimate Such a s: e club owners, without it heir faith. This years star ow Miller's job another te :he players are hey're losing a But the t. game's si rs don't even although i >ng. Their faith agents. Instead h hinges on the little sem IVinthrof myself," Brown said. "T coaching conflicts and < dealings with the players off." "IT WAS A CONTIIN problems," the former standout added. "If you the conflicts between P; were always there. They year." Borwn said the probl explode, as they did 1 herself, administrative Singer and player Pat ] team in a two-week peri were "mixed emotions" f they watched many of leave the squad. "I think a lot of their kept secret, kept quiet sonal reasons," the Colv "because, of course, P coach ? she still calls th of them still have to play Seventeen members basketball team have left Brown said she "was that Parsons' job was n< last season. She ad( problems (with the tea prise me at all." _ JP ??p Golf Ti \bare a surprisingly field of ce finish in the lowest si Jan Hika undation for the cording to Head FLOR! ted team goal. edging h< >n started was to oster said of the "Then ly accomplished pionship K'k' any more. competil probablj sd. "We finished Foster 'shard to beat." bring m; 1,297 over the ce 16th in the 24- de "Every , USC made the establis -ady Gamecocks "n ?ur di d to three-underle needed strokes "I<AS but nov Owners Both I V. mmr < ^ ^ ^ rcy Helms/Sports Editor hey have been spoon-fed on Miller's proj r chief ? and in essence ? only informei against the issue of free-agent compenss first mid-season strike is the result. 'UPENDOUS THAT an economically sc compensation issue could lead to such a d i. Football, basketball and hockey all ?l, ? ? ...U?n ? fnnn : compensation ? umi i?, wucu a ucc another team, his former team is comf pstem even makes more sense in base , teams who bring up a player during 1 id to lose their total investment in the play iam offer him a higher price. players won't give up an inch. Not eve ike. Compensation would not lessen their it may curve slightly the lofty offers biddc of diving for every cent, it's time the play* se. So what if compensation would ten* I Post here were definite Jifferences in our ^ , both on court and go and look back, ft V * arsons anH othprc \ just built up each MMfflj ? ems were due to 1 season when 1 assistant Linda J Mason all left the od. She said there rom the players as their teammates ttBjP'' ^ feelings have been -wjpf for their own perimbia native said, arsons is still the ^ ~ I J ^ 1^4. e snuus ? anu u iui ^ for her." of the women's t since 1977. George Ro > quite surprised" )t in jeopardy after Jed that "future ...in the mo m) would not sur earn Placc compiled a 310 total to place 24th in the 140 players. Lee Whittemore was USC orer with a 318 total, followed by Julie Lc rd (326), and Lynn Stiffler (327). IDA STATK captured the tourney with a ost Georgia by three strokes. e sure were a lot of good players in 1 Foster said. "1 was amazed at the qu? itAn nrhnin 1 cnur if M/?vt (hn rfe'iitsinnl a rv iiwn wiivii & oaw it. iiLAi iw iin: 11aiiunoi an / the most significant women's golf tournai said the team's tournament performa any future benefits. (finitely gave us a g(K)d base to work with school that beat us in the tourname hed program. North Carolina had been tin istrict, but we beat them decisively. T YEAH WK had to beg to get in a lot of toi v they want us," said Foster, who add Kll% tatting .000 salaries nearer their presei that there's an absolute 1 money. After all, with t $180,000, along with expei vacation, they could find so And those breathtaking fi ^ THEY ARE THE ONES saiaries, and now ? in alli Thev have finallv realized hold the line with the striki letting the situation get this >aganda. The spoiled players hav \ He has salaries as the norm, and ition and for this fault. Owners like Steinbrenner ? who has money can buy ? have laic >und and much to their present regn amaging have a How and when the strike -ageni is une ming is certain, nc >ensated. Baseball has already take iball, for 153 games have been miss his early more importantly, fans ha er should When the strike was o York's Reggie Jackson tol people will realize that bas n for the business." Right qow, hov salaries, of sport. It's the players a id to free- need to face the situatic realize what they're doing jrsuseda And when they do tha d to hold national pastime in the pa: | Rogei 1 With I ^H| From Reports ,%l p George Rogers sign< }" | contract last Wedne pi j with the New Orleans S2 J I reportedly making { | former Gamecock km f hitzhest-Daid member of ti m o c L 5 J National Football I^e 1l^nP Details of the three eontraet were not rele AS but club owner John Mi . Kj Jr. said the contract ^ - fltol valued around $35 Mecom, who did comment on exact s and bonus figures, sai package made Roger highest-paid Saint ever Orleans quarterback A igers Manning also makes ai $350,000 a year. ney "WE'RE VERY pi that we were able to elude our negotiations / individual vitations from three or 's second- extended to USC. >ebs (322), "We're certainly not tl we are respectable," he: r osier expects more 1,220 total, this season's players i highly-touted recruits. the cham- Lise Ann Russell, Ka >litv nf th<? attend Carolina next si lateur, it's girl's amateur champio ment." amateur champ. Simm nee would finalist in the Women's J FOSTKK ISN'T real s l," he said, the women's golf progr ;nt has an NCAA. b best team "I don't think that any said. "The NCAA golf c urnaments, should find out more. nH th'il in_ hAiirm/or ti/ill Kn a rf n inof VII llicii III IIWVYV VVI , Will (I^UIIIOI a ' ft &W? 1 I r mm k m i nt level? The players must realize Is imit to everything ? especially I he average player salary near j nsive benefits and a four-month me way to survive. igures bring us to the owners. who have ofered those outrageous ways ? they are paying the price. I their mistakes and are trying to e, but they are largely at fault for* * > sour in the first place. e come to expect incredibly high the owners are solely accountable i the New York Yankees' George tried to assemble the best team 1 down these treacherous patterns, st. i will end is a speculative question. )wever, it won't end in victory, in quite a beating. Through today, ed due to the 13-day-old strike, and ve been let down. * fficially announced June 11, New '' Id reporters and fans, "Maybe now seball is not a game. It's a job and a vever that business is the Chrysler nd owners ? not the people ? who >n; they're the ones who need to t, we can stop talking about the st tense. *s Signs' 1 Saints George," Mecom told reporters at the Wednesday )\ ed a press conference. "This is sday something that couldn't be lints, done overnight. We took our the time and got everything the worked out." that Rogers said he was glad to ague get the negotiations over and looked forward to begin -year playing. ased, "I'm really excited to havf >; ecom finalized my contract," the ? was Heisman Trophy winner 0,000 said. "Jack Mills (Rogers' agent) h^. gotten me a not fantastic ocal and I'm very alary happy to be playing in the d the NFL, especially for Bum s the phillips. . New "Bum is a guy that I've krchie always wanted to play for, round and now I will get that opportunity and be a part ia changing the club around,^ J eased Rogers continued. "I'm 1 con- ready to get started." See Roger*, Page 11 i Nation IBM HB w GH tes PBB four prestigious tournaments were tie best in the country, but we provecP said. progress for the program, as all of a eturn next year along with three J ndi Kessler and Kim Simmons wiljg jason. Russell is a New York Stat*? n, while Kessler is the Virginia statcH ions, from Charleston, was a semiB Southern Amateur championship. ft ure what vvill happen next year whetB -am switches from the AIAW to thS one knows just what will happen," hjp ommittee meets in July, so then All our tournaments next yearBf the same teams we played this yearB